"Come on Lance, let's go." Maria and the others said as they started dragging him around.

"What are we doing?" Lance asked.

"The staff members that hosted that tournament wants to meet up with us. They want to think of speeches to give. And also they want you so they can make a painting and sculpture of you." Maria said as she rolled her eyes.

"Is that so, then let's go." Lance said as he followed the group.

"Yeah!" Everyone said with Sam who just followed as he heard their would be a banquet during the badge ceremony, so he just couldn't wait for it.

"Sylvie better come during the badge ceremony. Otherwise, I'll never let her lay a hand on Maal ever again!" Maria said as she pouted.

"No worries, she'll definitely come. She's not the type of person to break a promise after all." Elise said as she kept sneaking glances at Lance and blushing whenever their eyes made contact.

"Ohoh?" Maria looked at Elise before she realized what was happening giving her a smug look on her face.

"What's with that face!" Elise said as she looked at Maria before returning to normal.

"Nothing~ I won't tell. I support you all the way!" Maria said as she whispered into Elise's ears.

"Hey! Stop that!" Elise said as she got chills from Maria breathing into her ears when she said that.

"Alright alright! I'll stop. I am serious about that support though. Just tell me when you're going to do that alright?" Maria said as she winked at Elise.

"What are you two girls talking about." Sam asked them.

"Nothing at all Sam." They both replied to him at once.

"Well look, we're almost there." Benji said which got their attention.

"You're right, look the staff members are over there waiting for us." Chad said as he pointed towards a certain direction.

"Alright, let's hurry up. We don't want to keep them waiting now do we?" Lance said as the group hastened their walk to the meeting.

"Alright, do they have any food at the meeting?" Sam asked them.

"Probably only a few snacks? And probably some drinks." Maria replied.

"Oh, sucks. Not a lot of food for me to eat I guess." Sam said as he was crestfallen.

"Get over it. We'll have food at evening anyway. Just a while more before its evening." Maria said as she looked at him with a disappointed look on her face.

"Alright." Sam said as the group walked into the meeting room while being guided by the staff members.

"Here we are." The staff members said as they stopped at a door before opening it.

"Alright. Let's go in." Lance said as they walked into the meeting room.

What they met when they entered was an extremely lavish room decorating with many paintings and chandeliers, as well as furniture.

"Welcome to my humble home, prestigious ones." An old man with white hair said as he sat on a couch with his back facing them.

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Author : SIP tell me this isnt good filler

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